Karnal, February 18:- A major bail-providing racket has been uncovered during the bail process in a Karnal court. Shockingly, the person who came to secure bail for an accused was himself arrested on court orders. Investigation revealed that the person had been securing bail for accused in multiple districts using the same land documents and different fake Aadhaar cards.
The case is related to the Madhuban police station area. On February 16, the court granted bail to accused Veerbhan. Following this, Ashwani Kumar, a resident of Tamasabad village in Panipat district, appeared in court as a surety to sign a bail bond. He submitted an affidavit claiming that he was not a surety in any other case and submitted a copy of his land deed, his original Aadhaar card, and a photocopy of the deed to the court.
But when the court reader verified his information through the SIMS system, a shocking truth emerged. The investigation revealed that Ashwani Kumar had previously stood bail in several criminal cases. Records against him were found in courts in Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, Bahadurgarh, and Jhajjar.
Most seriously, it was revealed that he used the same land documents and presented different Aadhaar numbers in different courts. This means that he resorted to using fake Aadhaar cards to obtain bail. Multiple Aadhaar numbers used by him were found recorded in the court records, confirming the entire fraud.
After the facts came to light, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate took a strict stance and on February 17, ordered Ashwani Kumar's detention from the court itself. He was handed over to the Sector-13 police post. The court reader was named as the complainant, and the entire complaint was sent to the Civil Lines police station.
The court refused to accept the bail bond and directed the identification of other individuals involved in this network and legal action against them. The court stated that if additional individuals are found to be involved in this fraud, strict action will be taken against them as well.
The entire case has made it clear that Ashwani Kumar was operating as a "professional surety," operating a business of securing bail for multiple accused using the same land and fake identities. The police are now conducting a thorough investigation into this entire network.